Tom Williams
	Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas High School: Trinity Valley College Prep College: Stanford (B.A. '92, M.A. '95) Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football

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Tom Williams, a defensive assistant for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars who also has 11 seasons of college coaching experience, has been named the Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football at Yale. Williams becomes the 33rd coach in the illustrious history of Yale Football. "I am thrilled for this tremendous opportunity to be the head football coach at such a historic and fabled institution. I would like to thank President Levin, Tom Beckett and all of the people involved in this process for their time and efforts. I am dedicated to bringing an exciting brand of football that the Yale players and fan base will both embrace and enjoy," said Williams, who will be only the third Yale head coach in the last 44 years. Williams, 39, takes over a Yale program that was the first in all of the sport to win 800 games. The Bulldogs currently have 853 victories, which ranks second among Division I schools. He replaces Jack Siedlecki, who retired in late November after 12 seasons and a 70-49 record as head coach. Williams recently completed his first season as defensive assistant and second season with the Jaguars. He joined the team in 2007 as assistant special teams coach after spending the previous 11 seasons as an assistant coach on the collegiate level. Williams served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at San Jose State for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. He engineered a Spartans defense that decreased its points allowed by 21.8 from 2004 to 2006. Three of his linebackers finished among the WAC's top-10 tacklers in 2005, while SJSU won nine games in 2006, including a victory in the New Mexico Bowl. Williams spent three seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Stanford (2002-04). He coached linebackers, served as the co-defensive coordinator in 2002 and 2003 and was the associate head coach in 2004. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Stanford in 1993 under Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Walsh while earning a master's in university administration (1995). "This is the start of an exciting era for the Yale Football Program," said Tom Beckett, Yale's Director of Athletics, who was an associate AD at Stanford when Williams was a student. "Tom impressed me as a student-athlete at Stanford and has made a lasting impression on many collegiate and pro players since then. He is a great fit for this job." In addition, Williams spent three (1996-98) seasons at Hawaii, including one as defensive coordinator. He also served as linebackers coach at the University of Washington from 1999-2001 and helped the Huskies to three consecutive bowl games, including a 2001 Rose Bowl win. That capped an 11-1 season and earned the team a No. 3 national ranking. "Tom has extensive experience as a coordinator on the college level, and that along with the knowledge he gained in the NFL will serve him well as a head coach. He has shown strong leadership qualities and is a very good communicator. I'm happy for Tom; this is a great opportunity for him. I wish Tom and the Yale team great success," said Jack Del Rio, the head coach of the Jaguars. Williams, who has been involved in six different Bowl Games, graduated from Stanford in 1992 with honors as a history major and as a Rhodes Scholar candidate. As a junior and senior, Williams started 15 games at linebacker for the Cardinal. In his final season (1992), he was a team captain on a Stanford club that went 10-3, won a share of the Pac-10 championship, beat Penn State in the Blockbuster Bowl and finished No. 9 in the national polls. He was a District 8 Academic All-American and first team Academic All-Pac 10 after his junior and senior seasons and was an honorable mention All Pac-10 selection as a senior. Williams, who was on the San Francisco 49ers practice squad in 1993 before getting into coaching, attended Trinity Valley College Prep in Forth Worth, Texas, where he earned all-state honors in football, basketball and baseball. He is the first African American Yale head football coach and the second ever in the Ivy League. Williams and his wife, Tonya, have four children, Grace, Tre, Ana and Lauren.

THE WILLIAMS FILE
Full Name: Tom Williams
Date of Birth: December 22, 1969
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
High School: Trinity Valley College Prep
College: Stanford, 1992 (B.A., History)
Graduate Degree: Stanford, 1995 (M.A., University Administration)
Wife: Tonya
Children: Grace, Tre, Ana, Lauren
Playing Experience: ILB, Stanford, 1989-92; LB San Francisco 49ers, 1993
Head Coaches Played For: Jack Elway, Dennis Green, Bill Walsh
Head Coaches Worked Under: Bill Walsh (Stanford), Tyrone Willingham (Stanford), Fred vonAppen (Hawaii), Rick Neuheisel (Washington), Buddy Teevens (Stanford), Dick Tomey (San Jose State), Jack Del Rio (Jacksonville)

THE WILLIAMS TIMELINE




1989-92         Attended Stanford - a 1992 team captain, Honorable Mention All-Pac10 Linebacker




1993Signed Free Agent Contract With SF 49ers




1993-94Graduate Assistant at Stanford




1995Fujitsu, Japan (Defensive Coordinator)




1996-98Assistant at Hawaii (Linebackers, Defensive Coordinator)




1999-01Assistant at Washington (Inside Linebackers) - 3 Bowl appearances, including 2000 Rose Bowl win




2002-03Assistant at Stanford (Co-Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers)




2004Associate Head Coach at Stanford




2005-06Assistant at San Jose State (Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers) - 2006 New Mexico Bowl win




2007-08Assistant with Jacksonville Jaguars (Defense, Special Teams)

Rick Flanders
	College: University of Maine Associate Head Coach (DB)

Rick Flanders, coaching his 13th season at Yale in 2009, was the defensive coordinator the entire time under Jack Siedlecki. He was promoted to Joel E. Smilow '54 Associate Head Coach in March 2007. Flanders spent the first seven years focusing on defensive backs and the last four working with linebackers. Under his watch, the Yale defense was ranked No. 1 in the FCS in scoring defense the last two seasons. He came to Yale from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was secondary coach for five seasons. He is a 1979 University of Maine graduate who helped coach Penn to Ivy titles in 1993 and 1994. Flanders' defensive backs helped the Penn defense rank nationally in both seasons, including No. 1 in pass efficiency defense for 1994. Before heading to Philadelphia, Flanders was head coach of the undefeated 1991 Dean (Mass.) Junior College team and was the linebacker and special teams coach at Lafayette from 1987 to 1990. In 1986 he was the defensive coordinator at American International College, after three seasons as linebacker and defensive back coach at SUNY-Albany, where he served as head lacrosse coach for two years. The Concord, N.H., native earned a degree in physical education from Maine and a master's in education from the University at Albany. Flanders and his wife, Wendy, live in Madison and have three children: Ashley, Lindsey and Alexander. Contact Coach Flanders: richard.flanders@yale.edu

Recruiting Areas: Connecticut, Eastern Canada, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont

Doug Semones
	College: California Lutheran University (B.A. 1983) Assistant Head Coach - Outside Linebackers

Doug Semones, who has been coaching football for 24 years, joins the Yale staff as the new outside linebackers coach. Semones, a former Arena Football League and Indoor Professional Football League assistant, comes to the Bulldogs after spending the last two years as the defensive coordinator at Sandpoint High School in Idaho. His college coaching experience came from three years (1996-98) at the University of Hawaii, where he handled the defensive line, special teams and tight ends. Semones also worked the 1994 and 1995 Hula Bowls (collegiate all-star games). He left the Rainbows to be the defensive coordinator for the IPFL Hawaii Hammerheads for a season before serving in the same role with the AFL 2 Hawaii Islanders. Semones was also the head football coach at Kahuku High School in Hawaii, where he also coached baseball, wrestling and track. He was an all-league defensive back at California Lutheran University, where he received his B.A. in 1983. He and his wife, Linda, have two children, Jake (18) and Catherine (15). Contact Coach Semone: douglas.semones@yale.edu

Recruiting Areas: Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, Southern California

Ikaika Malloe
	College: University of Washington Joel E. Smilow '54 Defensive Coordinator (LB)

Ikaika Malloe (pronounced E-KAI-ka ma-loy), Yale's new defensive coordinator, has been a defensive assistant coach at four schools, including his last stint at Hawaii. He was special teams coordinator and handled the Warriors' defensive tackles for the 2008 season. Malloe was the defensive line coach at Texas El Paso (UTEP) from 2004-2007, special teams coordinator and defensive line coach at Western Illinois from 2001- 2003 and student assistant, graduate assistant and program coordinator at his alma mater, Washington, from 1997-2002. He graduated in 1996 and earned numerous awards as a Husky defensive back. Malloe was named the 1992 Stapp Memorial Award recipient (most inspirational on team), earned the team's hardest hitter honor for three straight years, won the 1993 Jarvis Award, was named most improved defensive back in 1994 and was named player of the week by USA Today in 1995. He and his wife, Tara, have three children: daughter, Taylor (10) and sons Jordan (9) and Isaiah (5). Contact Coach Malloe: ikaika.malloe@yale.edu

Recruiting Areas: Hawaii, Kansas, Oklahoma, West Texas (DFW Area to West Texas)

Brian Stark
	College: University of Colorado Joel E. Smilow '54 Offensive Coordinator (QB)

Brian Stark, who spent the last nine years at San Diego State, will be coordinating the Bulldog offense and coaching the quarterbacks. Stark was the Aztecs' quarterbacks coach for four seasons, director of football operations for four and had one-year stints as passing game coordinator (2005) and tight ends coach (2008). As the QB coach from 2002-05, he helped SDSU signal-callers average nearly 3,100 yards (259 yards per game) and 18 touchdowns per season. Four SDSU players under his guidance became NFL draft picks, while his quarterback protégés hold 18 SDSU and Mountain West Conference records. Before he joined the Aztecs, Stark spent a year as offensive program coordinator at Washington, where he also assisted with the Huskies' recruiting efforts. Prior to that he served as student assistant coach and assistant recruiting coordinator at his alma mater, Colorado, from 1994-99. Stark, who has worked with five bowl (Holiday twice, Fiesta, Cotton, Aloha) teams, was involved in coaching the running backs with both the Buffaloes and Huskies. After graduating from Colorado in 1997, he began his coaching career by serving as offensive coordinator at Brighton (Colo.) High School. He helped coach 12 first-team all-league and three first-team all-Colorado selections while with the Bulldogs. Stark, a Fort Morgan, Colo., native, and his wife, Sarah, have a son, Jackson. Contact Coach Stark: brian.stark@yale.edu

Recruiting Areas: Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Southern California (L.A. to San Diego), Texas (Houston, Austin, San Antonio)

Duane Brooks
	College: University of Maine Assistant Coach - Defensive Line

Duane Brooks will coach his 12th season at Yale in 2008, handling the defensive linemen. His coaching has consistently produced all-league players who help anchor the defense. Over the past three years, Brooks's linemen have garnered six All-Ivy honors, including all three starters on the 2007 squad. Brooks has also mentored four captains since coming to Yale. He came to Yale after serving as the coordinator of football operations at the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He was the defensive end coach for Allegheny College in 1995 and had the combined role of defensive line coach and recruiting and special teams coordinator for Johnson C. Smith University in 1994. A 1987 graduate of the University of Maine, Brooks played four seasons for the Black Bears. He began his coaching career at Colby College as the defensive line mentor (1992) before going back to his alma mater in 1993 to coach the defense and serve as video coordinator. He is single and lives in New Haven. Contact Coach Brooks: duane.brooks@yale.edu

Recruiting Areas: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee

Rod Plummer
	College: Washington State University Assistant Coach - Special Teams Coordinator, RBs

Roderick Plummer, the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach for Florida A&M University in 2008, takes over special teams and the running backs for the 2009 Bulldogs. He led a Rattler special teams unit that finished No. 1 in kickoff returns (26.7), was seventh in punt return average (15.06) and ranked fourth in kickoff return coverage, while his top return man established numerous FCS records. Plummer has also been an assistant coach at Idaho (2007), Kutztown (2002, 1994-95), Wayne State (2001), Michigan State (1999-2001), Hampton (1996-1998), James Madison (1996) and Cornell (2003-06). He also has NFL experience as a minority coaching fellow with Jacksonville (2008), San Francisco (2003) and Cleveland (1992). Plummer, who graduated from Washington State in 1993, spoke about special teams at the 2008 AFCA Coaches Convention and participated in the 2005 AFCA coaching excellence clinic. The Oakland, Calif., native was inducted into the St. Mary's College High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. Plummer has a son, five-year-old Alexis. Contact Coach Plummer: roderick.plummer@yale.edu

Recruiting Areas: Northern California (E. Bay/Valleys), Florida, New Jersey, New York

Mike Preston
	College: University of Washington (B.A. 2005) Assistant Coach - Offensive Line

Michael Preston, Yale's new offensive line mentor, comes to New Haven after a one-year stint as tight end coach at Wingate (N.C.) University. Preston was the defensive line coach at Lewis & Clark (Ore.) College in 2008, which followed two years as offensive coordinator at the University of La Verne (Calif.). He worked with the La Verne offensive line, tight ends, running backs and defensive line over that span. Preston has experience at every level of NCAA and NAIA football. His other coaching stops include Western Illinois University (2003-04, assistant defensive line coach), Ottawa (Kan.) University (2002-03, offensive line coach) and the University of Washington (1997-2000, offensive assistant and assistant offensive line coach). While at the University of Washington, where he graduated in 2005 with a B.A. degree in Sociology, Preston helped the Huskies win the 2001 Rose Bowl. He is married to the former Carrie Hawes. Contact Coach Preston: michael.preston@yale.edu

Recruiting Areas: Alaska, Illinois, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

Kefense Hynson
	College: Willamette 2003 Assistant Coach - Wide Receivers

Kefense Hynson (pronounced ka-FIN-say hen-SON), who spent the last three years as an assistant coach at Western Washington, will mentor the Yale receivers. He was the Western Washington offensive coordinator the last two seasons; his 2008 Vikings offense averaged 404 yards of total offense and nearly 30 points a game, while his quarterbacks threw 29 touchdown passes. Hynson, who has experience working with collegiate quarterbacks, receivers, running backs and defensive backs, was an assistant at Minnesota State in 2005 and director of football operations at Boise State in 2004, the year the Broncos went 11-1, won the WAC title and were ranked in both major polls. He also had assistant jobs at Quincy (2004) and Willamette (2003) and did an NFL minority coaching fellowship with Seattle in 2008. Hynson, an honorable mention All-American defensive back at Willamette, was a three-time Northwest Conference All-Star, NWC Freshman of the Year and team captain before graduating in 2003. He is a native of Oakland, Calif. Contact Coach Hynson: kefense.hynson@yale.edu Recruiting Areas: Canada (Western), Delaware, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin

Emil Johnson
	Strength & Conditioning

Emil Johnson joined Yale as Head Coach of Strength and Conditioning in the summer of 2005. Johnson oversees a program that includes 35 varsity sports and more than 1,000 athletes. Johnson joined the Bulldogs from the University of Hartford, where he had been the director of strength and conditioning from 2001 to 2005. Johnson served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Maine for two years prior to that, and was the men's basketball strength and conditioning coach at DePaul in 1998-99. Johnson is a 1998 graduate of UMass-Boston with a B.S. in exercise physiology. He was a captain and three-year starting quarterback for the Beacons in football and also played one season of baseball. Following graduation he spent a semester as a strength and conditioning intern at Northeastern. Johnson is a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (C.S.C.S.), the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and USA Weightlifting (Club Coach Level 1 Certified). Contact Coach Johnson: emil.johnson@yale.edu